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We have an 1890s home. We obtained original tin (it is as heavy as steel)ceiling at a sale with about 4 very heavy coats of stubborn paint on it. We tried stripping and sanding and found the best method was the use of a wire brush stripping wheel on a hand held grinder. It takes time and is very noi...
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If you just want to see whats there, you could try stripping the paint off a small section with a chemical stripper. The linen is probably just the bottom layer, intended to smooth the wall prior to papering. It should make removal of the layers above it fairly easy as its much stronger than the pap...
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I have a home that was built in 1923 and its got tons of character, i want to bring out some of the beauty of the wood that was built into the home in the form of oak trim (baseboards, window and door trim). The problem is that there are 80 some years of white paint on the wood. Ive started strippin...
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Hi. Having done restoration work for 26yrs, many of our techniques have been developed from many years of trial and error until they have evolved into something that effectively works for each individual process in demand. For spindles, rails, moldings, and other linear pieces requiring stripping we...
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I am finishing up a renovation of a 1830s addition. I found chemical stripping messy and didnt do much for bottom layers of paint. I used a scraper. Some of the older paint just flaked right off. It did take much elbow grease but overall I was pleased. I did repaint the trim. Taking the trim from th...
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There are several methods anyone can use to clean up or strip old hardware. These methods fall into two catagories: Wet and dry. Let me start with the WET methods: Wet methods almost always require reactive solvants. Not every solvant is some nuclear solution in a hazmat drum that will drop through ...
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ok you ask...your answer: I just provided this information ironically yesterday to someone who contacted me and here is part of the email of the exact information I provided the... Installing furing strips 6 inches apart across the tops of the rafters nailed on the full length of the building will g...
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